I know what you’re thinking. Yes, I know what elbow grease is. But I’m lazy.
Or more particularly, I am the living embodiment of Murphy’s Law of Cleaning, to wit: You can’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty. And its corollary: You can get *everything * dirty without getting anything clean.
I have been cleaning ovens and refrigerators and laundry rooms and I have gotten everything dirty without getting anything clean. My husband bought Fume-Free EasyOff, which does not live up to its name (i.e., not easy, not off, and I am fuming). I have a mound of dirty cleaning rags, used-up sponges, and soggy mop heads. And everything’s still dirty.
What I’m looking for is something like EasyOff that actually works. I’d really rather not scrub down my entire kitchen with sandpaper. TIA.
Hmm. Not familiar with it, I don’t think we have it over here. But my oven cleaner of choice is Mr Muscle . Your problem is probably the Fume-Free bit. IME, oven cleaners that actually work can double as WMDs. If it strips the membranes out of your airways, it will probably strip the grease out of your oven.
Mr Muscle certainly does this. Open windows, spray half a can into the oven, close oven door, leave to ripen for half an hour, rinse. That used to be standard routine in my renting days when moving into a place with a ‘student oven’.
One trick for cleaning the oven racks: put them in a plastic garbage bag, spray in oven cleaner, tie up snugly, let sit. When you take them out (with gloves on) they should be easy to wipe down and rinse.